Tag Archives: sustainable business

Are Sustainable Businesses Roadblocks To Change?

6:40 pm • Categories: Consumer Behavior, Rants & Raves • by

Slovenian philosopher and theorist Slavoj Žižek swings a sledge hammer at the knees of ‘cultural capitalism’ in this 10-minute video. And I admit, my knees buckled for some moments as I listened to his critique of Starbucks for its fair trade coffee, of philanthropist George Soros and of ‘charity businesses’ like TOMS Shoes. Žižek argues that […]

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In 3 Words: How to Build a Purpose-Driven Business

12:23 pm • Categories: Build a Purpose-driven Business, Rants & Raves • by

To polish up a year’s worth of learnings from working with and writing about purpose-driven companies, I’ve summed up 42 principles in exactly three words each. Three words–easy to understand, easy to share. This list partially represents the 155 blogs I’ve written this year, but it’s nowhere near complete. Add your triplets in the comments […]

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8 Fallacies About CSR That I’ve Heard This Week

4:49 pm • Categories: Cause Marketing, Corporate Social Responsibility, Rants & Raves, Trends • by

This past week I’ve run into a lot of misconceptions about social responsibility and business.  Taken from conversations with professionals “outside the sector” to those influencing it, from articles, blog posts and comments, here are this week’s top-eight fallacies about corporate social responsibility (CSR). .. It’s a new movement, so there’s time before my company […]

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